Internet Resilience Index
For people to experience the full benefits of access, the Internet itself needs to be able to adapt to challenges. The Pulse Internet Resilience Index (IRI) tracks a range of indicators and assigns a weighted score for each country, measured out of 100. It’s a holistic score that measures how well an Internet connection can withstand things like sudden changes in Internet traffic, suspicious activity, or unexpected outages.
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Infrastructure
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Physical infrastructure for Internet connectivity exists, and is available.
45 / 100global average -
Market Readiness
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The ability of the market to offer affordable prices to consumers by maintaining diversity and competition.
51 / 100global average -
Performance
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Consumers have seamless and reliable Internet services.
57 / 100global average -
Security
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Technologies and best practices support a network’s ability to resist disruptions.
61 / 100global average
Internet Resilience Score
- Africa
- 41 / 100
- Infrastructure 27
- Market Readiness 39
- Performance 45
- Security 53
- Western Africa
- 39 / 100
- Infrastructure 24
- Market Readiness 35
- Performance 47
- Security 51
Niger
28 / 100
The Internet in Niger is less resilient on average than other countries in Western Africa, and is low for Africa. It ranks 12th in Western Africa for market readiness, a category that evaluates the overall competitiveness of the market, and the ability to offer affordable prices to consumers. It ranks 51st in Africa for infrastructure, a category that evaluates the availability of infrastructure for Internet connectivity.
- Infrastructure 4
- Market Readiness 24
- Performance 39
- Security 46
Infrastructure
4
Physical infrastructure for Internet connectivity exists, and is available.
Enabling infrastructure 0
Data center coverage 0
Score measured based on data centers per 10 million population. Source: PeeringDB
Internet Exchange Point (IXP) coverage 0
Shows how well large population centers (defined as more than 300,000 people) are served by IXPs. Source: PeeringDB
Mobile connectivity 7
Network coverage 0
Country has mobile network coverage (includes 2G, 3G, and 4G). Source: Composite score provided by GSMA
Spectrum allocation 24
Mobile operators have access to spectrum that allows them to offer sufficient services to customers. Source: Composite score provided by GSMA
Market readiness
24
The ability of the market to offer affordable prices to consumers by maintaining diversity and competition.
Market structure 45
Affordability 0
Measures the affordability of Internet connectivity for consumers. Source: ITU
Upstream provider diversity 55
Uses the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) to measure the market concentration of upstream Internet connections. Source: Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ)
Market competition 71
Calculates the level of competition in the market. This uses the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI). Source: APNIC
Traffic localization 4
Domain count 0
Domains registered using ccTLD. Source: DomainTools
E-Government Development Index Score 13
Score on the United Nations E-Government Development Index (EGDI), which measures readiness for providing digital public services. Source: United Nations
Peering efficiency 0
Score that uses the ratio of networks that peer at Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), compared with the total number of networks in a country. Sources: PeeringDB, RIPEstat
Performance
39
How well the network provides seamless and reliable Internet services to consumers.
Fixed networks 44
Download speeds 50
Download speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Consistency 41
This measures the network jitter, which shows consistency of speed and performance across networks. Source: Ookla
Responsiveness 41
Measures how quickly content reaches a user. A connection that's responsive is low in latency or lag. Source: Ookla
Upload speeds 41
Upload speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Mobile networks 35
Download speeds 47
Download speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Consistency 49
This measures the network jitter, which shows consistency of speed and performance across networks. Source: Ookla
Responsiveness 0
Measures how quickly content reaches a user. A connection that's responsive is low in latency or lag. Source: Ookla
Upload speeds 37
Upload speeds, measured by Ookla speed tests. Source: Ookla
Security
46
Technologies and best practices support a network’s ability to resist disruptions.
Domain name system (DNS) security 36
DNSSEC adoption 0
Shows whether the country code top-level domain (ccTLD) is using the extra layer of security known as DNSSEC. Source: DNS
DNSSEC validation 72
A score showing how well DNS queries are protected by DNSSEC, across all web traffic. Source: APNIC
Enabling technologies 53
HTTPS adoption 68
Web pageloads that use HTTPS. Source: Mozilla
IPv6 adoption 17
Users can access online resources using IPv6, the new generation of the Internet Protocol. Sources: Akamai, Facebook, Google, APNIC
Routing hygiene 51
MANRS score 44
An overall score that measures routing security in a country's networks. Source: MANRS Observatory
Upstream connections 57
Shows how well a country's networks are connected with upstream providers. Source: CAIDA
Security threat 48
DDoS protection 100
Level of protection across networks, preventing DDoS attacks against another country's networks. Source: Cybergreen
Global Cybersecurity Index Score 39
Estimates the ability of a country or economy to prevent and manage cyber incidents. Source: ITU
Secure Internet servers 8
Number of secure Internet servers per 1 million population. Source: World Bank
About the Internet Resilience Index
The Pulse Internet Resilience Index (IRI) draws from a range of data sources, to track some of the key building blocks that underpin the Internet. The IRI enables comparison between countries, regions, and sub-regions, with a balanced set of metrics that accounts for the Internet’s complex ecosystem and varied landscape.
Each country is assigned an Internet Resilience Score, calculated out of 100. It reflects four broad pillars, each representing a range of different components that contribute to the overall resilience of the Internet. Scores are weighted, so a drop or a rise in one indicator can mean an improvement in this country, or that others are over- or under-performing in that area.
Learn more about how we choose indicators and data sources, and about our weighting scheme and aggregation method in the IRI methodology.
Our definition of Internet resilience
A resilient Internet connection is one that can maintain an acceptable level of service in the face of faults and challenges to normal operation. These challenges may include sudden changes in Internet traffic, suspicious activity, unexpected outages, and more.
Origins of the IRI
The Internet Resilience Index developed out of the Measuring Internet Resilience in Africa (MIRA) project. It uses best practices according to the EU-JRC and the OECD Handbook on Constructing Composite Indicators and the same methodology as currently existing indices such as the GSMA Mobile Connectivity Index, the Facebook/EIU Inclusive Internet Index and the Web Foundation Web Index.
API Access
You can access the data underpinning the Internet Resilience Index via our API.